<st class="chapnum"><wd>July</wd> <wd>11</wd> </st>
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<st class="chaptitle"><wd>The</wd> <wd>optimist</wd> <wd>sees</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>doughnut,</wd> </st>
<st class="chaptitle"><wd>but</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>pessimist</wd> <wd>sees</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>hole.</wd> </st>
<tp><st class="chaptitle2"><wd>McLandburgh</wd> <wd>Wilson</wd> </st>
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<p><st><wd>Are</wd> <wd>you</wd> <wd>an</wd> <wd>optimist</wd> <wd>or</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>pessimist?</wd> </st>
<st><wd>Do</wd> <wd>you</wd> <wd>see</wd> <wd>only</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>good</wd> <wd>or</wd> <wd>only</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>bad</wd> <wd>in</wd> <wd>life?</wd> <SUP class="li">(1)</SUP> </st>
<st><wd>Author</wd> <wd>Jonni</wd> <wd>Kincher</wd> <wd>says</wd> <wd>that</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>world</wd> <wd>needs</wd> <wd>both</wd> <wd>kinds</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>people-</wd> </st>
<st><wd>“optimists</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>give</wd> <wd>us</wd> <wd>encouragement,</wd> </st>
<st><wd>and</wd> <wd>pessimists</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>keep</wd> <wd>us</wd> <wd>cautious.”</wd> <SUP class="li">(2)</SUP> </st>
<st><wd>If</wd> <wd>you’re</wd> <wd>always</wd> <wd>optimistic,</wd> </st>
<st><wd>you</wd> <wd>may</wd> <wd>not</wd> <wd>be</wd> <wd>very</wd> <wd>practical.</wd> </st>
<st><wd>And</wd> <wd>if</wd> <wd>you’re</wd> <wd>always</wd> <wd>pessimistic,</wd> </st>
<st><wd>you’re</wd> <wd>probably</wd> <wd>not</wd> <wd>too</wd> <wd>happy.</wd> </st>
<st><wd>Can</wd> <wd>you</wd> <wd>find</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>balance</wd> <wd>between</wd> <wd>these</wd> <wd>two</wd> <wd>points</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>view?</wd> </st>
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<st class="chaptitle3"><wd>Today</wd> </st>
<st class="chaptitle4"><wd>I’ll</wd> <wd>try</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>see</wd> <wd>things</wd> <wd>differently.</wd> </st>
